Law on Carriage of Goods by Sea (3rd Edition)

After the second edition of this book was published in 1994, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act was amended to give the Hague-Visby Rules the “force of law”. This brought the Singapore position on the effect of these Rules in line with UK law. Furthermore, the effect of the provisions of the Bills of Lading Act, and the corresponding UK statute, namely, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, has been explained in many cases in Singapore and the UK. Since the last edition, other aspects of the law on carriage of goods by sea have also been clarified and there have been many important judicial pronouncements on the effect of the Hague Rules and the Hague-Visby Rules. All these are considered in this new edition, which deals with voyage charterparties, time charterparties, demise charterparties, bills of lading, other documents used for carriage of goods by sea, third party rights under such contracts, the Hague Rules and the Hague-Visby Rules, limitation of action, loading of cargo, proceeding on the voyage, discharge and delivery of cargo, carriage of dangerous goods, laytime, freight and the shipowner’s liens.

When the first edition of this book was reviewed in Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, the reviewer noted as follows: “It is a pleasure to welcome a new volume on carriage of goods by sea which breaks new ground … and which is written in a style eminently suitable for student use … . Prof Tan has, however, resisted the temptation to write a textbook based essentially on English jurisprudence with occasional Singapore references but has written throughout from the Singaporean standpoint, basing his statements of principle, wherever possible, on local decisions …. Singapore is indeed fortunate to have so authoritative an exposition of a major branch of its law, although the book deserves, and I am sure will attract, a far wider audience.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Overview of Contracts of Carriage of Goods by Sea

Chapter 2 Voyage Charterparties

Chapter 3 Time Charterparties

Chapter 4 demise Charterparties

Chapter 5 Frustration of Charterparties

Chapter 6 Functions of a Bill of Lading

Chapter 7 Transfer of Rights and Liabilities under Bills of Lading Act

Chapter 8 Bills of Lading for Goods on Chartered Ship

Chapter 9 Other Documents for Carriage by Sea

Chapter 10 Rights of Suit outside Bills of Lading Act

Chapter 11 Overview of Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 12 Duties of the Carrier and Shipper under the Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 13 Exclusion of Liability under Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 14 Limitation of Liability.

Chapter 15 Time Bar in Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 16 Loading, Proceeding on Voyage, Discharge and Delivery

Chapter 17 Carriage of Dangerous Goods

Chapter 18 Laytime

Chapter 19 Freight

Chapter 20 The Shipowner’s Liens

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Justice Tan Lee Meng is a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Professor in the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore. A former Dean of the Law Faculty, NUS, he is also the author of Insurance Law in Singapore.

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After the second edition of this book was published in 1994, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act was amended to give the Hague-Visby Rules the “force of law”. This brought the Singapore position on the effect of these Rules in line with UK law. Furthermore, the effect of the provisions of the Bills of Lading Act (“BLA”), and the corresponding UK statute, namely, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, has been explained in many cases in Singapore and the UK. Since the last edition, other aspects of the law on carriage of goods by sea have also been clarified and there have been many important judicial pronouncements on the effect of the Hague Rules and the Hague-Visby Rules.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Tan Lee Meng

Date of Publication: Aug 2018

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After the second edition of this book was published in 1994, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act was amended to give the Hague-Visby Rules the “force of law”. This brought the Singapore position on the effect of these Rules in line with UK law. Furthermore, the effect of the provisions of the Bills of Lading Act, and the corresponding UK statute, namely, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, has been explained in many cases in Singapore and the UK. Since the last edition, other aspects of the law on carriage of goods by sea have also been clarified and there have been many important judicial pronouncements on the effect of the Hague Rules and the Hague-Visby Rules. All these are considered in this new edition, which deals with voyage charterparties, time charterparties, demise charterparties, bills of lading, other documents used for carriage of goods by sea, third party rights under such contracts, the Hague Rules and the Hague-Visby Rules, limitation of action, loading of cargo, proceeding on the voyage, discharge and delivery of cargo, carriage of dangerous goods, laytime, freight and the shipowner’s liens.

When the first edition of this book was reviewed in Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, the reviewer noted as follows: “It is a pleasure to welcome a new volume on carriage of goods by sea which breaks new ground … and which is written in a style eminently suitable for student use … . Prof Tan has, however, resisted the temptation to write a textbook based essentially on English jurisprudence with occasional Singapore references but has written throughout from the Singaporean standpoint, basing his statements of principle, wherever possible, on local decisions …. Singapore is indeed fortunate to have so authoritative an exposition of a major branch of its law, although the book deserves, and I am sure will attract, a far wider audience.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Overview of Contracts of Carriage of Goods by Sea

Chapter 2 Voyage Charterparties

Chapter 3 Time Charterparties

Chapter 4 demise Charterparties

Chapter 5 Frustration of Charterparties

Chapter 6 Functions of a Bill of Lading

Chapter 7 Transfer of Rights and Liabilities under Bills of Lading Act

Chapter 8 Bills of Lading for Goods on Chartered Ship

Chapter 9 Other Documents for Carriage by Sea

Chapter 10 Rights of Suit outside Bills of Lading Act

Chapter 11 Overview of Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 12 Duties of the Carrier and Shipper under the Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 13 Exclusion of Liability under Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 14 Limitation of Liability.

Chapter 15 Time Bar in Hague-Visby Rules

Chapter 16 Loading, Proceeding on Voyage, Discharge and Delivery

Chapter 17 Carriage of Dangerous Goods

Chapter 18 Laytime

Chapter 19 Freight

Chapter 20 The Shipowner’s Liens

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Justice Tan Lee Meng is a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Professor in the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore. A former Dean of the Law Faculty, NUS, he is also the author of Insurance Law in Singapore.